Education Committee

Welcome to the CINF Education Committee Web Page!

The primary objective of the committee is to provide educational outreach to chemical information users, of all degrees of experience, in all venues. To this aim we are continuously developing and sponsoring resources for chemical information instruction and training, including:

Teaching Chemical Information: Tips and Techniques Workshop
Offered at national and regional ACS meetings
Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instruction Materials
co-sponsored with the SLA Chemistry Division.
Participating regularly in the CINF technical programs to explore and discuss current chemical information education issues.

Thank you to all past and present committee members and consultants who continue these successful contributions. If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact us and join our next meeting.

Charge (top)

(from the CINF Procedures Manual, 3.2.8 Education Committee)

Term of Office and Composition

The Committee Chair is appointed by the Division Chair for a term of three years. Other members are appointed by the Committee Chair for three-year terms with the approval of the Division Chair. The Committee Chair may previously have served on the Committee. Members should include representatives from a wide range of chemical information areas, such as chemistry faculty, academic librarians, industrial information specialists, government information specialists, and database producers and vendors.

Objectives

To provide educational outreach to chemical information users, of all degrees of experience.

Key Responsibilities

Produce and distribute chemical searching training modules.
Organize workshops or tutorials of an educational nature at national or regional ACS meetings.
Provide a liaison relationship with information producers and vendors. Help chemical information instructors (in academia, industry, government, etc.) increase the quantity and quality of information instruction.
Plan and present a chemical information session at one national ACS meeting a year. The format and content of said session to vary with location and resources.

The Committee (top)

Member	Function	Tenure
Chuck Huber	Chair	2012
Norah Xiao		2010-2012
Judith Currano	Chair	2011

Meetings (top)

Date	Time	Event	Location
8/27/2011	1:00PM - 3:00PM	ACS National Meeting #242 Denver, CO	Colorado Convention Center Room 706
3/26/2011	9:00 AM – 12:00 PM	ACS National Meeting #241 Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Convention Center Room 203 B
8/21/2010	9:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #240 Boston, MA	BCEC 157 A
3/20/2010	9:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #239 San Francisco, CA	Moscone Center 220 East
8/15/2009	9:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #238 Washington, DC	Walter E. Washington Convention Center 208 A
3/21/2009	9:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #237 Salt Lake City, UT	Salt Palace Convention Center 150E
8/16/2008	9:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #236 Philadelphia, PA	Sofitel Hotel
4/5/2008	9:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #235 New Orleans, LA Minutes (Word document)	Marriott Convention Center Natchez
8/18/2007	9:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #234 Boston, MA Minutes (Word document)	Boston Convention and Exhibition Center BCEC 104A
3/24/2007	9:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #233 Chicago, IL Minutes (Word document)	McCormick Place E263
9/9/2006	10:00AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #232 San Francisco, CA Minutes (Word document)	Moscone Convention Center 200
3/25/2006	9:30AM - 11:30AM	ACS National Meeting #231 Atlanta, GA Minutes (Word document)	Georgia Congress Center Bldg B 304
8/27/2005	9:30AM - 11:30AM	ACS National Meeting #230 Washington, DC	Convention Center 304
3/12/2005	9:30AM - 11:30AM	ACS National Meeting #229 San Diego, CA	San Diego Convention Center 18
8/23/2004	9:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #228 Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Convention Center 102A
3/27/2004	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #227 Anaheim, CA	Anaheim Conv Ctr 201A
9/6/2003	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #226 New York, NY	Jacob K. Javits Conv Ctr 1E10
3/22/2003	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #225 New Orleans, LA	Ernest Morial Convention Center 287
8/17/2002	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #224 Boston, MA	Hynes Convention Center 103
4/6/2002	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #223 Orlando, FL	Embassy Suites Hotel Seminole
8/25/2001	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #222 Chicago, IL	McCormick Place Convention Center, 403B -- South
3/31/2001	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #221 San Diego, CA	San Diego Convention Center 10
8/19/2000	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #220 Washington, DC	Grand Hyatt Arlington
3/25/2000	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #219 San Francisco, CA	Argent Board
8/21/1999	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #218 New Orleans, LA	Monteleone Hotel Queen Anne Ballroom
3/20/1999	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #217 Anaheim, CA	Marriott Hotel Rm A16/17
8/22/1998	8:30AM - 12:00PM	ACS National Meeting #216 Boston, MA	Cape Cod

Timeline for Procedures (top)

Due Date	Event	Due from	Due to	Deadline set by
February 1	Deadline for receipt of applications, Lucille Wert Scholarship Award - in the year the award is to be made	ACS Members & CINF Awards Committee?		CINF
Late July or Early August; every 2 years	Teaching Chemical Information Workshop (at BCCE)	CINF Education Chair	ACS Members	ACS Division of Chemical Education
Sunday of Fall ACS Meeting (usually late August)	Teaching Chemical Information Workshop (at Fall ACS Meeting)	CINF Education Chair	ACS Members	CINF

Workshops (top)

How to Teach Chemical Information (Clearinghouse for Chemical Information Instructional Materials-CCIIM)
Teaching Chemical Information: Tips and Techniques
CAS Online Workshop: STN Version (August 1993)